Marriage
Marries Lady Isabella Marshal, daughter of William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke
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March 13 in History
This permanent archive page contains 189 World History Database records for March 13, spanning 1231 to 2025. Recorded topics include Marriage; Assassination of Henry of Almain; Assassination of Henry of Almayne.
Total: 189Events: 172Births: 3Deaths: 8Battles: 6Countries: 37
Events on March 13
Assassination of Henry of Almain
Simon de Montfort kills Edward Is cousin Henry of Almain in revenge for his disinheritence & fathers death
Assassination of Henry of Almayne
Assassinated by Guy de Montfort
Invasion of Scotland
Sets out at the head of an invasion force
Pledge to Return to Captivity
Frederick promised to return to captivity if he failed to persuade his brothers to accept Louis IV.
Release from Trausnitz
Louis IV released Frederick from captivity under the Treaty of Trausnitz.
Lord Chancellor
Appointed Lord Chancellor
Result of Surrender of Hopton's Royalist Forces
Truro falls and Hopton accepts Fairfax's terms, ending organised Royalist resistance in Cornwall.
Result of Surrender of Royalist Forces at Exeter
Royalist forces at Exeter accept terms, accelerating the end of organised Royalist resistance in the west.
Surrender of Hopton's Royalist Forces
Hopton agrees surrender terms to Fairfax as Truro is captured from the Royalists
Surrender of Royalist Forces at Exeter
Signs the Articles of Surrender at Exeter on behalf of the Royalists
Peace Treaty
Signs a peace Treaty with Lord Ralph Hopton who agrees to disband his forces
Peace Treaty
Signs a peace Treaty with Fairfax in Truro
Declaration of War
Attacks the Dutch Smyrna convoy, but it escapes
Siege of Cartagena de Indias
Vernon’s large expedition began operations against the fortified Spanish port of Cartagena de Indias.
Halleys Comet
Edmund Halley determines that the orbital elements of a comet which had appeared in 1682, were nearly the same as those of two comets which had appeared in 1531 and 1607, Halley thus concludes that they are the same comet.
Halleys Comet
Edmund Halley returns, as predicted in 1682, Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061.
Halleys Comet
Halley's Comet is the best-known short-period comet and is visible from Earth every 75 to 76 years.
Rights of Man Part I
Publishes the first part of Rights of Man in answer to Edmund Burke
Arrest of Leading Hebertists
Calls for an uprising but leading Hebertists are arrested
Arrest of Leading Hebertists
Calls for an uprising but leading Hebertists are arrested.
Reballion of Calls for an
Calls for an uprising but leading Hebertists are arrested
Congress of Vienna
Congress outlaws Napoleon
Demonstrations
Vienna students & artisans protest
Resignation of Metternich
Forced to resign by a Vienna mob
Speech
Sends in the paramilitary police to restore order in the Diet
Legislation
The Judicature Act, establishes a Supreme Court of Judicature
Reform of Legal System
The Judicature Act, establishes a Supreme Court of Judicature
Resignation of William Ewart Gladstone
Resigns after the defeat of the Irish University Bill. 43 Liberals vote against the Government
Alexander II Assassination Plot
Helps coordinate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II.
Assassination of Alexander II
Members of People's Will attack Alexander II in Saint Petersburg; a second bomb mortally wounds him.
Assassination of Alexander II
Is fatally wounded in a bombing organized by People's Will.
Assassination of Alexander II
Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, is assassinated, a bomb is thrown at him near his palace by the anarchist group Peoples Will led by Sophia Perovskaya
New Russian Tsar
Begins a reign marked by political reaction and stronger autocracy.
People's Will Attack
Signals the attackers as the imperial carriage approaches.
Succession of Alexander III
Succeeds his assassinated father as Tsar of Russia.
Manifesto
Issues a manifesto to the Irish in America requesting funds
Capture of Bloemfontein
British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.
Capture of Bloemfontein
Occupies the Orange Free State capital.
Capture of Orange Free State
British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.
Flight from Bloemfontein
Moves the Free State government after Bloemfontein falls.
Siege of Bloemfontein
British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.
Siege of Bloemfontein
The British launch an offensive against the Boer capital
Balkan League
The signing of a secret bilateral defensive alliance between Serbia and Bulgaria. Serbia and Bulgaria sign treaties to split between them the land of Vardarrr Macedonia
Serbo-Bulgarian Alliance
Approves the secret alliance with Serbia.
Serbo-Bulgarian Alliance
Signs the alliance establishing Serbian-Bulgarian cooperation against the Ottoman Empire.
Serbo-Bulgarian Alliance
Signs alliance with Bulgaria against the Ottoman Empire.
Serbo-Bulgarian Alliance
Supports the alliance with Bulgaria directed against Ottoman rule in the Balkans.
Keyes Leads Volunteer Minesweeping Attack
Commodore Keyes leads naval volunteers in another determined attempt to clear mines and suppress searchlights in the Straits.
Narrows Bombardment Intensified
Carden intensifies attacks on forts covering the Narrows while minesweeping remains incomplete.
Neuve Chapelle Offensive Halted
Haig ends the offensive after communications failures, resistance and ammunition shortages prevent further progress.
Two-Hour Covering Bombardment Precedes Sweep
Carden's forces precede the volunteer minesweeping attempt with prolonged gunfire against searchlights and mobile batteries.
Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
Operations on the Ancre
British operations on the Ancre close as the German withdrawal changes the front line.
Party Organiser
Returns from Siberia and resumes Bolshevik organisation in Petrograd.
Party Organiser
Returns from Siberia and works with Bolsheviks in Petrograd.
Return to Petrograd
Returns from exile and influences Bolshevik Soviet tactics.
Return to Petrograd
Returns from exile and enters Bolshevik work around the Soviet.
Coup
The Kapp Putsch involves a group of Freikorps troops who gained control of Berlin and installed Wolfgang Kapp (a right-wing journalist) as Chancellor
Coup
The Government is forced to flee to Stuttgart but returns within a few days
Coup
The Government of the National Association is formed headed by Kapp & Luttwitz. Seeckt refuses to defend Berlin & prevents the army firing during the Kapp Putsch. Leads a royalist coup in Berlin
Resignation of Gustav Noske
Informs Noske the army will not fire on the free corps, Noske resigns
Second Averescu Government
Averescu begins his second premiership and oversees major postwar reforms.
Siege of Berlin
Informs Noske the army will not fire on the free corps, Noske resigns
Discovery of Pluto
News of Pluto's discovery is telegraphed from Lowell Observatory to the Harvard College Observatory.
Election
Wins 49.6% to Hitler's 30.1% of votes during the 1st round of the elections
Election
Presidential elections 1st round, Hindenburg wins 49.6% to Hitler's 30.1% of the votes. Hindenburg wins 1st round of Presidential election with 18.65 million votes. Hindenburg is just 0.4% short of a majority
Party Fuhrer
Presidential elections 1st round, Hindenburg wins 49.6% to Hitler's 30.1% of the votes
Minister of Propaganda
Appointed Minister of Propaganda & Enlightenment, given control of the media & arts
Propaganda Ministry
Is appointed Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, centralising Nazi control over political messaging, press, radio and culture.
Nationalization
Nationalizes Standard Oil's Bolivian holdings after the Chaco War
Nationalization of Standard Oil
Toro nationalises Standard Oil's Bolivian properties.
Standard Oil Nationalization
Toro nationalises Standard Oil's Bolivian assets
Dismissal
The Government falls
Foreign Policy Statement at Paris
Italy declares the 1935 pact with France invalid, because ratifications had not been exchanged
Government
Forms a Socialist Cabinet
Invasion of Austria
German troops enter Austria
Pravda
Nikolay Bukharin, a revolutionary economist who helped edit Pravda with Lenin, is put on trial and executed in the purges
Prime Minister of France
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 2nd term
Trial
Nikolay Bukharin, a revolutionary economist who helped edit Pravda with Lenin, is put on trial and executed in the purges
Hitler Meeting
Hitler pressures Tiso to declare Slovakia independent under German protection.
Independence of Czech Republic
Visits Hitler who demands the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State
Independence of Czech Republic
Declares that he will oppose the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State
Independence of Czech Republic
Visits Hitler who demands the separation of Slovakia from the Czechoslovak state
Independence of Germany
Slovakia proclaims its independence
Independence of Slovakia
Visits Hitler who demands the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State
Independence of Slovakia
Slovakia proclaims its independence
Independence of Slovakia
Declares that he will oppose the separation of Slovakia from the Czech State
Independence of Slovakia
Visits Hitler who demands the separation of Slovakia from the Czechoslovak state
Invasion of Czech
Appeals to Hitler not to invade Czechoslovakia
Invasion of Slovakia
Announces Hungarian troop movements on the Slovak-Hungarian border
Rule of Slovakia
Hitler advises Jozef Tiso to declare Slovakias independence in order to prevent its partition by Hungary and Poland
Invasion of Finland
Finland surrenders large tracts of territory & fortifications to Russia
Standstill Order
Chamberlain's government pauses Narvik planning after Finland accepts peace with the Soviet Union.
Standstill Order
Narvik plans pause after Finland accepts peace with the Soviet Union.
Reform of Armed Forces
Given power to act independently & have jurisdiction over the Army Chiefs of Staff
Reform of Armed Forces
Given power to act independently & have jurisdiction over the Army Chiefs of Staff
Hydrocarbons Law
The Hydrocarbons Law unified petroleum rules and increased the state's share of industry revenues.
Defence Testimony at Nuremberg
Goering testified in his own defence before the International Military Tribunal.
End of First and Second Van Acker Governments
The First and Second Van Acker Governments ends in Brussels, concluding this period as Prime Minister of Belgium.
Second Paul-Henri Spaak Government
Begins the Second Paul-Henri Spaak Government in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.
Capture of Mandalay
Mandalay is captured by the Kachin rebels
Reballion of Kachin
Mandalay is captured by Kachin rebels. Kachin rebels capture Manadalay
Reballion of Kachin
Mandalay is captured by Kachin rebels. Kachin rebels capture Manadalay
13th of March Movement
Survivors included Dr. Humberto Castello (later Inspector General in the Escambray), and Rolando Cubela and Faure Chomon (later Commandantes of the 13 of March Movement, centred in the Escambray Mountains of Las Villas Province)
13th of March Movement
Survivors included Dr. Humberto Castello (later Inspector General in the Escambray), and Rolando Cubela and Faure Chomon (later Commandantes of the 13 of March Movement, centred in the Escambray Mountains of Las Villas Province)
13th of March Movement
The Revolutionary Directorate attacks Batista's palace and radio station.
Presidency Ends
Ba U leaves the presidency
President Takes Office
Win Maung becomes President of the Union of Burma
Presidential Palace Attack
Survives the Revolutionary Directorate assault on the palace.
Presidential Palace Attack
Leads the Revolutionary Directorate attack and is killed.
Revolutionary Directorate
Survivors included Dr. Humberto Castello (later Inspector General in the Escambray), and Rolando Cubela and Faure Chomon (later Commandantes of the 13 of March Movement, centred in the Escambray Mountains of Las Villas Province)
Revolutionary Directorate
The Revolutionary Directorate attacks Batista's palace and radio station.
Revolutionary Directorate
Survivors included Dr. Humberto Castello (later Inspector General in the Escambray), and Rolando Cubela and Faure Chomon (later Commandantes of the 13 of March Movement, centred in the Escambray Mountains of Las Villas Province)
Revolutionary Directorate
Survivors included Dr. Humberto Castello (later Inspector General in the Escambray), and Rolando Cubela and Faure Chomon (later Commandantes of the 13 of March Movement, centred in the Escambray Mountains of Las Villas Province)
Revolutionary Directorate
The Revolutionary Directorate attacks Batista's palace and radio station.
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd gets its first billing at London's Marquee Club
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd gets its first billing at London's Marquee Club
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd gets its first billing at London's Marquee Club
Trial
Sentenced to death by a military court which convicts him in absentia
Apollo 9 Splashdown
Returns with the Apollo 9 crew after successful testing of the complete Apollo spacecraft system.
Apollo 9 Splashdown
Returns with McDivitt and Schweickart after the first crewed test of the complete Apollo spacecraft.
Prime Minister of Norway
Appointed Prime Minister of Norway, 1st term
Reform of Housing
The Housing Finance Bill is guillotined
Watergate Polling Request
Records Nixon's request for polling on Watergate's political effects and notes the President's extended meeting with John Dean about the scandal.
White House Tape 878-014
John Dean appears with Richard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman in the 69-minute White House recording numbered 878-014; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 878-014
H. R. Haldeman appears with Richard Nixon and John Dean in the 69-minute White House recording numbered 878-014; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 878-014
Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman and John Dean in the 69-minute White House recording numbered 878-014; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
Capital Transfer Tax
Finance Act 1975 establishes capital transfer tax on chargeable transfers.
Finance Act
Finance Act 1975 receives Royal Assent, altering duties and public revenue law.
Damned Album Chart
Damned Damned Damned enters the UK albums chart during the first major wave of British punk.
Kidnap
Kidnapped in Rome by the Red Brigade
European Monetary System Launch
Heads the Italian government when the European Monetary System begins operating.
European Monetary System Launch
Serves as foreign minister as Italy participates in the new European Monetary System.
European Monetary System Launch
France entered the European Monetary System, designed to stabilise exchange rates among participating Community currencies.
European Monetary System Launch
Welcomes the launch of the European Monetary System after sustained Commission advocacy.
European Monetary System Launch
Heads the government when Ireland joins the new European Monetary System.
European Monetary System Launch
Heads the German government when the European Monetary System begins operating with the Deutsche Mark participating.
Irish Pound Enters EMS
Oversees Ireland's entry into the European Monetary System and the Irish pound's break from sterling parity.
Government
The US will send 15 Green Berets to El Salvador as military advisers
Defence Expenditure
Addresses Commons questions on defence expenditure.
Falkland Islands Defence
Addresses Commons questions concerning defence of the Falkland Islands.
Trident Programme
Addresses Commons questions concerning the Trident programme.
Burial
Burial of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, 3rd Russian leader buried in 2 1/2 yrs
Burial
Leads the funeral procession
Soyuz T-15 Launch
Launches aboard Soyuz T-15 with Vladimir Solovyov to begin the first crewed expedition to the Mir space station.
Dismissal
Peres dismissal by Shamir leads to the fall of the Government
Dismissal
Peres dismissal by Shamir leads to the fall of the Government
Poll Tax Abolition Debate
Takes part in a Commons debate specifically addressing abolition of the community charge.
Kach
The Israeli Cabinet outlaws two Jewish extremist groups, Kach and Kahane Lives, branding them terrorist organisations
Kahane Lives
The Israeli Cabinet outlaws two Jewish extremist groups, Kach and Kahane Lives, branding them terrorist organisations
Summit of Peacemakers
Attends a summit supporting the peace process after attacks threaten negotiations.
Presidential Re-Election
Mugabe is declared re-elected after a presidential contest criticised by observers.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Is inducted with the Sex Pistols, though the band refuses to attend the ceremony.
UK Sport Chair Reappointment
Burnham reappoints Sue Campbell as chair of UK Sport.
Head of Government of Tunisia
Ali Larayedh became head of government of Tunisia.
COVID-19
Kenya confirms its first COVID-19 case.
COVID-19
Declares a health emergency after Uruguay confirms its first COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19
Poland announces border restrictions and public health measures.
COVID-19
Announces limits on public gatherings as cases rise.
COVID-19
Begins self-isolation after Sophie Gregoire Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19.
COVID-19
Declares a national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 National Emergency
Declares a national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presidential Inauguration
Sakellaropoulou takes office as President of the Hellenic Republic.
Severodonetsk Fighting
Reports heavy fighting in Luhansk during Russia's eastern offensive.
Banking Crisis Response
Addresses bank failures and depositor protection.
Abolition of NHS England Announced
Starmer announces plans to return NHS England functions to the Health Department.
Ceasefire Conditions
Says any temporary ceasefire must address Russia's conditions.
Constitutional Declaration
Signs a constitutional declaration for the transitional period.
Presidential Inauguration
Tassoulas assumes office as President of the Hellenic Republic.
Births on March 13
Birth of Joseph II
Joseph, the future Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, was born in Vienna to Maria Theresa and Francis Stephen.
Birth of Charles Grey
Birth of Charles Grey, from Northumberland gentry
Birth of Michael Caine
Birh of Michael Caine, born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Deaths on March 13
Death of Henry of Almain
Death of Henry of Almain, Simon de Montfort kills Edward Is cousin Henry of Almain in revenge for his disinheritence & fathers death
Death of Henry of Almayne
Death of Henry of Almayne, assassinated by Guy de Montfort
Death of Alexander II
Dies in Saint Petersburg after being mortally wounded in a People's Will bomb attack.
Death of Tsar Alexander II
Dies after a second bomb explodes near his carriage.
Death of Sergei Witte
Death of Sergei Yulyevich Witte.
Death of Cevat Cobanli
Death of Cevat Cobanli
Death of Jose Antonio Echeverria
The Revolutionary Directorate attacks Batista's palace and radio station.
Death of Cranley Gordon Douglas Onslow
Death of Cranley Gordon Douglas Onslow
Battles on March 13
Battle of Oosterweel
The Calvinists are defeated
Battle of Oosterweel
The Calvinists are defeated
Battle of Oosterweel
The Calvinists are defeated
First Battle of Middlewich
Brereton defeats Sir Thomas Aston's Royalist force at Middlewich and strengthens Parliament's position in Cheshire.
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battle begins with a heavy Viet Minh artillery bombardment
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Launches an assault on the communist stronghold of Dien Bien Phu